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The Casio WK-500 - The multi-functional keyboard that brings you a totally new musical experience!

With 76 touch-sensitive piano style keys and a host of features, which include 670 high quality tones, recording capabilities and song expansion, the WK-500 as the latest edition to the ’WK’ range of Casio keyboards.

Featuring 48 note polyphony, line and mic inputs, 10 seconds of sampling, USB MIDI Interface, pitch wheel, a SD card slot for song storage, line outputs for connecting the WK-500 to an amplifier or PA, the quality, flexibility and usability all help to make the WK-500 the ideal instrument for beginners and advanced players alike.

Features:

76 full size keys
AHL sound source
48-note polyphony
Touch response
670 tones
200 rhythms
152 tunes
15 digital effects
USB

Casio WK 500

Rik Davidson
December 19, 2008

Rating: 8/10

I decided to buy a wk 500 for many reasons. The first and foremost being that there is a 3 month wait for the new Nord Electro.
I needed something that covered strings and synth sounds to back up the Nord, as well as something portable and cheap for practice/ composition.

So how good a job have Casio done with the WK 500?
First and foremost this is an entry level keyboard or back up. At this price you should expect no more. The keys themselves are lightweight plastic. Flimsy feeling but quite playable. They do feel cheap compared to more serious instruments.
The inbuilt speakers are adequate but not indicative of the sounds you hear when plugged into a decent amplifier.
The sounds themselves are quite good for the price. Easily layered and/or split with minimal fuss. The 32 performance presets are great, but require 6 D cell batteries to be fitted in order to retain your settings. On that note you MUST buy a power supply if you intend to play for serious amounts of time.
Built in lessons and auto acompaniment are ok but show this keyboards true market target. Beginners and occasional players.

All in all I am quite pleased with this unit. It\'s an honest instrument for the price and is built well. Capable of holding it\'s own in band situations but limited in sound flexibility.

I would have given this keyboard 5 stars if it had a stronger effects pallet, but thats probably just wishfull thinking on my part.

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Casio WK-500 Piano Demo Bach Praeludium I

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the first 12 Piano sound of the WK-500 : This is a test the video will be remade later on.

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Casio Wk-500 (Chopin - nocturne op.9 no.2)

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Casio Wk-500 (ctk-5000). Song Demo no.100. Chopin - nocturne op.9 no.2. I uploade this classic piano pieces, so you can hear the sound quality of the piano sound.

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Casio WK-500 demo tune1

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Casio Wk-500 (Ctk-5000) Demo tune 1. i uploade this tune, so you could hear the sound quality, of the casio wk-500

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